Lincoln County voters to decide whether to renew penny sales tax

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Feb 10, 2013 at 5:00 AM

Lincoln County voters will decide Tuesday whether or not to renew the county’s one-cent sales tax for another five years to continue funding for the county, including road and bridge improvements, fire departments and the jail.

Kim Morava

Lincoln County voters will decide Tuesday whether or not to renew the county’s one-cent sales tax for another five years to continue funding for the county, including road and bridge improvements, fire departments and the jail.

The current tax expires in December 2013, so if the renewal passes Tuesday, the new five-year term for the tax would begin Jan. 1, 2014.

The one-cent sales tax allocations are similar to the current tax in place, with allocations of the each penny slated for the following:

• 60 percent to county road and bridge improvements

• 13 percent to the Lincoln County jail

• 6 percent to the Lincoln County Extension Center, capped at $120,000 yearly